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- 01/09/09
| Name: | Mary Logan |
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| Member since: | August 19, 2006 |
| Last visit: | June 27, 2008 |
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An Ode to Baseball Cards Like the game itself, they enhanced your bond with your dad. There were few things that brought me more joy as an 8-year-old then when my father would return from a trip to the store with two packs of ’78 Topps, and I still remember him sitting on the floor with me in my bedroom and helping me sort my cards so that traded players were with their new teams. Maybe I’m overly sentimental — okay, I am overly sentimental — but the memory is my version of Ray Kinsella’s catch with his dad.
posted by justgary at 03:32 PM on June 27
Vying for my grandfather's affection, I joined him in Scranton when we visited while he listened to his beloved Red Sox on the radio. Hating the Yankees, he rooted for the Brooklyn Dodgers in those classic World Series between the cross-town rivals. Soon I, his granddaughter was hooked. I became a die-hard fan and began collecting Dodger cards, hat, pennant, autographed baseball, etc. My interest in card collecting and sports memorabilia grew. i still have my cards from the early '50's, and I continued to collect off and on through the years. As a Texan, I concentrated on the Houston Astros from the '80's until today. I treasure my cards which evoke a million memories from my youth.